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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Learning Perl first appeared in 1993 and has been a bestseller ever since. Written by two of the most prominent and active members of the Perl community, this book is the quintessential tutorial to the Perl programming language. The third edition has not only been updated for Perl Version 5.6, but has also been rewritten from the ground up to reflect the needs of programmers learning Perl today. After years of success teaching Perl as consultants, the authors have re-engineered the book to better match the pace and scope appropriate for readers trying to get started with Perl, while retaining the detailed discussion, thorough examples, and eclectic wit that the book is famous for. Other books may teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer.

I started learning Perl from this book and I haven't bought any other Perl books yet. This book is very thin for an O'Reilly book but it covers all the basic areas of Perl and all of the most important commands and methods. This is just one more book that makes me love O'Reilly even more.

There is a lot of info packed into a small amount of pages here. If you have done some programming before this is a quick way to learn Perl. When I first bought this book however, Perl was my first attempt at learning a 'real' language and in most cases it was not enough. I bought Beginning Perl by Simon Cozens and it does a much better job of deeply explaining Perl concepts to the total beginner.

I found combining both books, "Beginning" to get a good solid understanding of each concept, and "Learning" to quickly pound the details in was an excellent way to get some Perl skillz.

Beginning Perl is available for free online but is worth purchasing to keep as a reference. http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/